Awards

Matt Murray Awards

Stanley Cup

Season

Team

2015-2016

Pittsburgh Penguins

2016-2017

Pittsburgh Penguins

Bio

Matt Murray Bio

Murray enjoyed a magical ride under the brightest of spotlights at the beginning of his career.

Having played just 13 NHL regular-season games, the 6-foot-4, 178-pound goaltender stepped into the starter's role for the injured Marc-Andre Fleury and helped lead the Penguins to the Stanley Cup in 2016.

Murray enjoyed a magical ride under the brightest of spotlights at the beginning of his career.

Having played just 13 NHL regular-season games, the 6-foot-4, 178-pound goaltender stepped into the starter's role for the injured Marc-Andre Fleury and helped lead the Penguins to the Stanley Cup in 2016.

Drafted by the Penguins in the third round (No. 83) of the 2012 NHL Draft, Murray showed steady improvement with Sault Ste. Marie in the Ontario Hockey League. In his three seasons as the starter, Murray saw his goals-against average drop from 4.08 to 2.57, while his save percentage improved from .876 to .921.

With Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in the American Hockey League in the 2014-15 season, Murray had a 25-10-3 record with a 1.58 goals-against average and .941 save percentage in 40 games.

Murray won the Bastien Memorial Award as the best goaltender in the AHL for 2014-15 after setting a league rookie record with 12 shutouts. He also set an AHL record for the longest shutout streak, 304 minutes and 11 seconds, and won the Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial Award as the league's rookie of the year.

Murray started the 2015-16 season with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, but was called up and played his first NHL game on Dec. 19, 2015, a 2-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. He got his first win two days later, making 22 saves in a 5-2 victory against the Columbus Blue Jackets. He played two more games in December, four games in March and started all five of the Penguins' games in April leading up to the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Murray went 32-10-4 in 49 games with a 2.41 goals-against average and .923 save percentage in 2016-17 and was set to start Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Columbus Blue Jackets on April 12 but was injured in warmups. Marc-Andre Fleury stepped in and helped the Penguins reach the Eastern Conference Final against the Ottawa Senators. Murray replaced Fleury in Game 3 and helped spark the Penguins to a second straight championship. He shut out the Nashville Predators in Games 5 and 6 did not allow a goal in the final 123:23 in the six-game Final.